India’s mobile phone customer base falls 0.05 mln in July

India’s mobile phone customer base in July fell 0.004 percent, or a net 0.05 million, to 1.19 billion, data released by the country’s telecoms regulator showed on Wednesday.Following is a table of mobile phone subscriptions in India, the world’s second-biggest wireless market by number of users, as of July 31.

NOTE: * Active mobile subscribers in July were 1.19 billion * Mobile connections per 100 people, or the tele-density of wireless subscribers, were 92.03 as of July 31. Mobile tele-density in urban areas was 168.21 compared with 57.04 in rural areas. * In July, 5.91 million mobile subscribers opted to change their service providers through mobile number portability. India is divided into 22 telecommunications service zones. * Total broadband connections were 310.87 million, as of end-July. There were 292.2 million broadband users through mobile phones and dongles, while 18.1 million were using broadband through wirelines. Internet connections with a minimum download speed of 512 Kbps are considered as broadband in India. * The number of fixed-phone line subscribers dropped to 23.92 million by end-July from 24 million at the end of June. * Including fixed-phone lines, India had 1.21 billion phone users as of July 31, or a total tele-density of 93.88.